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firm was incorporated as the John F. Betz & Son, Limited, in 1888, and its business has grown to immense propor- tions, extensions and improvements cost- ing nearly a million dollars being made to the establishment. Mr. Betz has in- vested his wealth largely in real estate, some of his larger operations being the lofty "Betz Building," at Broad and South Penn Sts., costing over $1,500,000; the Grand Opera House, at Grand St. and Montgomery Ave., the Betz Block, in New York city, and other operations in that city. He owns a large amount of other property, and is concerned in sev- eral of Philadelphia's larger financial in- stitutions. Betzwood, his country seat, on the Schuylkill, above Norristown, has eight hundred acres of ground, with hand- some buildings and other attractions. Address, 1901 North Broad St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
BEVIN, Abner Avery:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Sergeant Twenty-first Connecti- cut Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862; First Sergeant, Aug. 20, 1862; discharged for promotion, Oct. 13, 1864; First Lieutenant Twenty- first Connecticut Infantry, Oct. 13, 1864; honorably mustered out, June 16, 1865; elected, May 5, 1886. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BEYER, John:
President First National Bank of Houtzdale. Address, Houtzdale, Clear- field County, Pa.
BIDDLE, Anthony Joseph Drexel:
Publisher and author; born West Phila- delphia, October, 1874; educated in pri- vate schools of Philadelphia and Hiedel- berg; studied in the Madeira Islands; in 1891 returned to the United States and was engaged as a reporter on the Phila- delphia Public Ledger; was editor of the Philadelphia Sunday Graphic for one year; since 1897 has been head of pub- lishing and printing house of Drexel Biddle; also publisher of People, Phila- delphia Society Weekly. Author of "An Allegory and Three Essays." "All Round Athletics," "Word for Word and Letter for Letter." "The Madeira Islands," etc. Member of Royal Meteorological Society, American Numismatic and Archeological Society, etc. Residence. 2104 Walnut St ; office, 415 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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BIDDLE. Cadwalader:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 1837; educated at the University of Penn- sylvania, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1856, subsequently taking the degree of Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Laws in 1859. Since then has practiced law in Philadelphia. Was Secretary and Treas- urer of the Board of Trustees of the Uni- versity, 1862-1882, and has been general agent and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Charities since 18$4. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and ine Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution. Address, 1420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BIDDLE, Clement:
Surgeon United States Navy; born Dec. 11, 1854, Philadelphia, Pa .; descended from William Biddle, who came to the Colonies on the Delaware River with William Penn in 1652, and from Col. Clement Biddle, the Quaker soldier of the Revolutionary War; educated at private schools, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and Lehigh Uni- versity; graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1879; entered Medi- cal Corps of United States Navy June 187S. Conveyed Gen. Grant and party off the Taku forts, China, via Nagasaki and Kobe, to Yokohama, 1879; returned to Asiatic Station in 1882; served at United States Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. served in the Monacy, China, and Talla- poosa, South America. 1890; Chiof Medi- cal officer of Admiral Walker's Nicaragua Survey Expedition; 1838, on the Texas, participated in naval engagement off San- tiago, Cuba, in the battle of Santiago; receiving the Sanitago Medal; present at the surrender of the Spanish man of war, Colon. Ordered April, 1904, as Fleet Sur- geon, Asiatic Station. Address, Navy De- partment, Washington, D. C.
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BIDDLE, Craig:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia Jan. 10. 1823; is a son of Nicholas Biddle. notable as the President of the Bank of the United States from 1823 till its failure in 1841; was graduated from Princeton Col- lege in 1841. Mr. Biddle took up the study of law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1844; he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1949, serving one term in the House. On the outbreak of the Civil War in 1661 he became a Major on the staff of Gru. Robert Patterson, and saw service in the Shenandoah Valley; he was afterward
appointed appointed on Governora Cur- tin's staff, and was detailed to organize new regiments. In 1863, when General Lee invaded Pennsylvania, Mr. Biddle went to the front as a private in a militia regiment for State defence. As a lawyer he won reputation for learning and ability, and built up a large and lucrative practice, which continued till 1845, when he was appointed a Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia. In November of that year he was elected by the Republicans to this position by a large majority. The Republicans and Democrats united in nominating and elect- ing him in 1885, and he received a prac- tically unanimous third election in 1895. He is now Presiding Judge of the Com- mon Pleas Courts, in which bench he has sat for thirty years. Judge Biddle has been much interested in agriculture, and has served as President of the Phila- delphia Agricultural Scoiety; he has also been Vice President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Address, 2033 St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BIDDLE, Edward W .:
President Judge of Ninth Judicial Dis- trict of Pennsylvania, composed of the County of Cumberland, 1895-1905; born in Carlisle, Pa., in said County, May 3, 1852; graduated from Dickinson College in 1870; admitted to the bar in 1873; mar- ried Gertrude D. Bosler, of Carlisle, in 18 2; practiced law in Carlisle; since 1595 trustee and on the executive and finance committees of his Alma Mater; in 1900 Mrs. Biddle and he, as members of the Board of Pennsylvania Commis- sioners, officially visited the Paris Expo- sition. Author of address on the "Three Signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence who were members of the Cumber- land County Bar." Address, Carlisle, Pa.
BIDDLE, James:
Colonel United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; First Lieutenant Tenth New York In- fantry May 2. 1861; honorably mustered out Aug. 31, 1861; Captain Fifteenth In- fantry, Ang. 5, 1861; Colonel Sixth Indi- ana Cavalry Nov. 11, 1862; honorably mus- tered out of Volunteer service June 27. 165; transferred from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-fourth Infantry Sept. 21. 1566; transferred to Eleventh Infantry April 25, INde: transferred to First Cavalry Dec. 51. 1970. Major Sixth Cavalry Feb. 21. 1\23; Iweutenant Colonel Fifth Cavalry
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Oct. 19, 1SS7; Colonel Ninth Cavalry July 1, 1591; brevetted Major Sept. 1, 1862, for gallant and meritorious service at the bat- tle of Richmond, Ky .; Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 16, 1864, for galant and meritorious service in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and Brigadier General Volunteers March 13, 1865, for long, gallant and meritorious service during the war; retired Dec. 11, 1896. Address, Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, Cal.
BIDDLE, N. H .:
President of Bank of Donora. Address, Donora, Washington County, Pa.
BIDDLE, R. L .:
Banker; born in Carmichaels, Pa .; ed- ucated at Waynesburg College, Pa., Le- banon, Tenn. Married June 30, 1396, to Mary Pitcock. Cashier in the Bank of Donora; he is a Republican in politics. Address, Donora, Pa.
BIDDLE, William Phillips:
Lieutenant Colonel United States Mat- ine Corps; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, June, 1875; 1875-1876 at Marine Barracks, Washington, New York. Philadelphia and League Island; 1877-1579, on Hartford and Powhatan, North Atlantic Station; August, 1577, during the railroad riots, with a battalion of Marines in Washing- ton, Baltimore, Martinsburg, W. Va., and Fort McHenry, which opened up the traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road; 1879-1881 at Marine Barracks, League Island, and New York; 1882-1885 on the Kearsarge, North Atlantic and Eu. ropean Stations; promoted First Lieuten- ant February, 1884; 1886-1857, at Marine Barracks, League Island and New York; 1888-1890. on Swatara, North Atlantic and South Atlantic and Asiatic Stations; June, 1890, made a forced march with a de- tachment of marines and sailors from Chemulpo to Seoul, Corea, to protect our Legation; 1591-1894, at Marine Barracks, League Island; promoted Captain Febru- ary. 1894; 1895, Fleet Marine Officer on Baltimore, Asiatic Station; 1896-1898, Fleet Marine Officer on the Olympia, Asi- atic Station; commanded the marines on .the Olympia during the battle of Manila Bay. May 1, 1998; in May and June was holding the Cavite Navy Yard with de- tachments of marines, and on the Olym- pia. blockading Manila till its bombard- ment and fall in August; was pro-
moted Major March, 1899; 1899-1900, in charge of the recruiting district of Penn- sylvania, Delaware and Western New Jersey; August, 1900, commanded the First Regiment of Marines of the China Relief Expedition, during the march from Tientsin to Pekin, for the relief of the Legations; commanded the marines in the battle of Yang-tsun, Aug. 6, and in the fighting on the walls around Pekin, Aug. 15, when the Chinese were finally driven from the Sacred City by the American forces; stationed in Pekin until October; October, 1900, at Marine Barracks, Cavite, commanding Navy Yard Battalion and First Regiment of the First Brigade of Marines; promoted Lieutenant Colonel March 3, 1903; special duty North Atlantic Fleet, 1903; 1904, Dixie, with Panama Marine Brigade, present station. Ad- dress, League Island, Pa.
BIELER, Julius:
President of Third National Bank of Pittsburg. Address Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
BIERBOWER, Austin:
Lawyer and author; son of Casper and Lydia Bierbower; born Shelly's Island, Pa .; was graduated from Dickinson Col- lege; in 1872 studied at the University of Berlin; received degree of LL. D. at the Iowa Wesleyan University; for several years was professor of Latin and Greek at the Iowa Wesleyan University; in 1574 was admitted to the bar; has practiced law in Chicago for over twenty years; has been European correspondent for Chi- cago Tribune and Cincinnati Times Star; also author of "Principles of a System of Philosophy," "The Morals of Christ," 1885; also in 1890 "The Socialism of Christ," "The Virtues and Their Rea- sons in 1896"; in 1894 he wrote "From Monkey to Man"; "How to Succeed" in 1900; on the "l'raining of Lovers," "Eth- ies for Schools"; also various articles in magazines and quarterlies. Address, 1825 Michigan Ave .; office, ST Washington St., Chicago, Ill.
BIERMAN, E. Benjamin, A.M., Ph.D .:
Educator: Legislator; Annville, Leban- on County; born near Reading, Pa., Dec. 1, 1$39; educated in private schools and college: principal of Hamburg High School from 1564 to 1867; in 1867 he moved to Annville, and was for many years Professor, and from 1800 to 1897 President of Lebanon Valley College; secretary of Higher Education Department of National
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Teachers' Association, 1878-1880; degree of A. M. by Lafayette College in 1867, and Ph. D. by Ursinus College in 1892; mem- ber of the Lebanon County Historical Society; active in the Presidential cam- paigns of 1860, 1872, 1850, 1SSS and 1900; member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1880; in 1900 elected a mem- ber of the State Legislature; 1902 re- elected. Address, Harrisburg, Pa.
BIGELOW, Edward Manning:
Director of the Department of Public Works, Pittsburg; born in that city Nov. 6, 1850; after attending the public schools he entered the engineering department of the Western University of Pennsylvania, but before graduating left to accept a position of civil engineer; later he was appointed engineer in charge of the sur- veys of the city, and in 1880 was made City Engineer, a position he held until the revision of the form of the municipal government, eight years afterward; was then elected Director of the Department of Public Works, in which capacity he has served the public continuously with the exception of one year. Within his time of office all the important public works which now exist, with the single exception of the City Hall, from the water and sewer systems to the street pavement, have been either created or re- built. His greatest work has been the creation of the. public parks. Address, 825 North Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
BIGELOW, George A .:
Insurance; born in Hartford, Conn .. in the house of his grandfather, the Hon. Royal R. Hinman, who was Secretary of the State of Connecticut at that time; was the son of John Bigelow of Hartford, Conn; his great-grandfathers. Bigelow Hinman Ashley and Hillier were officers in the Revolutionary Army; the family have been in this country since the sev- enteenth century; they were among the earliest settlers in Hartford, as the old tombstones show; has resided in Philadel- phia and has been in the insurance business thirty-five years, being one of the first insurance brokers appointed by the State; also one of the incorporators of several manufacturing companies. 1d- dress, 133 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Pa.
BIGELOW. John:
Member of the Pennsylvania Commird- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion: private Second Battery Massa- chusetts Light Artillery April 21, 1861; Second Lieutenant May - 2, 1861; First Lieutenant July 31, 1861; discharged for promotion Dec. 17. 1861; First Lieutenant and Adjutant (Purnell Legion) Maryland Light Artillery Dec. 17, 1861; honorably mustered out Dec. 31, 1862; Captain Ninth Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery Feb. 20, 1863; honorably discharged for disability Dec. 16, 1864; brevetted Major United States Volunteers Aug. 1, 1864, "for gallant services during the operations before Petersburg, Va."; elected Nov. 3. 1869; transferred from Commandery of Massachusetts Feb. 2, 1887. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BIGELOW, Thomas Steel:
Capitalist; son of a carriage manu- facturer of Pittsburg; his father died while he was quite young, and his uncle, also an uncle of the late C. L. Magee, took the boy in charge. Young Bigelow was educated at the public schools and Dr. Williams' Academy, afterward study- ing law with George Shiras, Jr., now Justice of the United States Supreme . Court. Mr. Bigelow, after being admitted to the bar, built up a large practice, and for nine years was City Attorney, the only political office he ever held; he may truthfully be called the father of rapid transit in Western Pennsylvania; for a long while he devoted his time almost exclusively to the street railway business and conceived the idea of converting the old Pittsburg and Oakland horse car line into a modern cable road. Address, 917 North Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
BIGGER, Matthew:
General contracting agent; born in Montgomery County, Ohio; son of James and Evelyn Hamill Bigger; served in the Army in West Virginia 1861-1864; 1864 until the close of the war, with Sheri- dan and others, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, participating in the follow- ing engagements: Chaplainsville, Prince- ton. W. Va .; Fayetteville, W. Va .; Charleston, W. Va .: Wytheville Raid, Win- chester, Opaque, Fisher's Hill. W. Va .; Cedar Creek. W. Va., and other minor en- fag ments. Member of Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Order of the Sons of the American Revolution. Married Mary Davis of Pittsburg, Pa., June 10, IMB. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
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BIGGS, Frank King:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion Brevet Brig. Gen. Herman Biggs; elected May 1, 1889. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
BIGLER, William H .:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, June 10, 1$40; son of Rt. Rev. David Bigler, of the Theological Seminary at Bethlehem, Pa., and afterward in Europe, where he spent two years at study in the Universi- ties of Berlin and Erlangen. Returning to America, he was appointed a profes- sor in the Moravian College, which post he held for eight years, winning a wide reputation for fine scholarship. Marry- ing the daughter of Dr. A. W. Koch, of Philadelphia, he became interested in medicine, and began the study of this science in Hahnemann College, graduat- ing in 1ST1. Since that time he has been connected with this college in various capacities, and has been one of the most prominent figures in the development of its school of practice; for a number of years he had charge of the Eye and Ear Department of Hahnemann College, and for several years lectured on ophthal- mology; in 1890 he was appointed assist- ant professor and in 1891 full professor of physiology, and in 1895 was appointed also to the chair of pediatrics; he was treasurer of the Alumni Association for 11 years after its organization; member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania since 1872. having served it as Vice President and President; for two years he was President of the County Medical Society. and since 1876 has been a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He has contributed large- ly to the literature of his profession, was co-editor of the Journal of Homeopathic Materia Medica in 1876, and since 1893 has been an editor of the Hahnemannian Monthly. Address, 1425 Spruce St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
BIHLER, L. C .:
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Traffic manager of the Carnegie Steel Company and the Union Railroad. He entered transportation service with the Nypano (now Eric) Railroad as stenog- rapher and rate clerk, advancing to chief clerk and contracting agent; Nov. 1, 1888. he accepted the position of contracting agent with the Cotton Belt route, later
being made General Eastern Freight and Passenger Agent of the Cotton Belt at Pittsburg; April 1, 1895, he resigned from the Cotton Belt route and became assistant to the General Freight Agent of the Carnegie Steel Company. Novem- ber, 1897, was elected Assistant General Freight Agent of the company, and in April, 1890, Assistant Traffic Manager. In December, 1903, was named for his pres- ent position. Member of the Board of the Moravian Church; was educated in Governors of the Pittsburg Traffic Club and also the Duquesne Club of that city. Address, Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
BIKLE, Henry Wolf:
Attorney-at-law, Philadelphia, Pa .; - born October 20, 1877, at Gettysburg, Pa .; educated at Pennsylvania College, Gettys- burg; was graduated in 1897; Democrat in politics; Instructor in Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania; non-resi- dent lecturer on law in Bryn Mawr College. Author of "The Constitutional Power of Congress over the Territory of the United States," 1901; joint author with Hon. George M. Danas of "Analytical Tables of the Law of Evidence," 1903. Resi- dence, 3405 Chestnut St .; office address, 426 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
BINDLEY, Edwin:
President of Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
BINGAMAN, Charles Francis:
Lawyer; one of the leading practition- ers of Pittsburg; was born in Lionville, Chester County, Pa., Dec. 7, 1847; is of German and Irish descent; on maternal side, the Ralston family were prominent in the north of Ireland and fought in the battle of the Boyne under King William. in 1690, emigrating to Pennsylvania in 1728. After attending the public schools of Chester County, he went to the Ches- ter Military Academy, and subsequently began the study of medicine; he entered the Hahnemann Medical College of Phil- adelphia for his lectures and graduated with the class of 1871; during the follow- ing year he pursued his medical studies further, and in 1872 he located in Pitts- burg; has a large general practice and stands high in his profession. He is a member of and has been President of the Homme-Medical Society of Allegheny County, the Homeopathic Medical So- ciety of Pennsylvania and the American
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Institute of Homeopathy; has twice been a delegate for the latter society to the International Congress at its meetings held in London; was offered but declined a professorship in the Cleveland Univer- sity of Surgery and Medicine. Member of Franklin Lodge, F. and A. M. He is affiliated with the Baptist Church and has served a term as Stat- Medical Ex- aminer. Address, 5227 Westminster St .. Pittsburg, Pa.
BINGHAM, Henry Harrison:
Congressman; Republican, of Philadel- phia; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 4. 1841; was graduated at Jefferson College in 1862; studied law; entered the Union Army as a lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers; was wounded at Gettysburg. Pa., in 1862, at Spottsylvania, Va., in 1864, and at Farm- ville, Va., in 1865; mustered out of ser- vice July, 1866. as brevet Brigadier Gen- eral of Volunteers; received the medal of honor for gallantry on the field of battle. He was appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia in March, 1867, and resigned December, 1872, to accept the clerkship of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace at Phila- delphia, having been elected by the people; was re-elected clerk of courts in 1875; was delegate at large to the Repub- lican National Convention at Philadel . phia in 1872, also delegate from the First Congressional District to the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati in 1876, at Chicago in 1594 and is88, at Minneapolis in 1892, St. Louis in 1896, and at Philadelphia, June 19, 1900. He was elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty- seventh, Forty-eightk, Forty-ninth, Fif- tieth, Fifty-first. Fifty-second, Fifty- third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth. Fifty- sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses, anc re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress without opposition. Address, 315 South 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BINGHAM, Judson D .:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, May 16, 1831; in 1850 appointed cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y .. from the Tenth Congressional District of Indiana; promoted to Second Lieutenant, Second United States Artillery, July 1, 1$51; pro- moted to First Lieutenant, Second Artil- lery, March 12. 1556; on expedition to Harper's Ferry, Va., to suppress John
Brown's raid, 1859; appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, in United States Army, May 13, 1861; served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States; in charge of trains and supplies of General Bank's command, in the field, in Mary- land, from August, 1861, to Feb. 12, 1862, and in charge of Quartermaster's depot, at Nashille, Tenn., from March, 1862, to March, 1863; served as Chief Quarter- master of the. Seventeenth Army Corps (Lieutenant Colonel ex-officio), from Jan. 1, 1863, to April 23, 1803, when General Grant appointed him Chief Quartermaster of the Department and Army of Tennes- see; he continued on duty, in the field, as Chief Quartermaster of that Army from that date during the time it was com- manded by Generals Grant, Sherman and McPherson, up to the date the latter was killed in battle, and subsequently by Gen- erals Logan and Howard, to the end of the siege of Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 25, 1864. From December, 1865, to January, 1867, was on duty with General Sherman at St. Louis, Mo., as Inspector of the Quar- termaster's Department; was on duty as Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Lakes, at Detroit, Mich .. from Jan. S, 1867, to March 31, 1870; served as assistant in the office of the Quartermaster Gen- eral at Washington. D. C., from April 4. 1870, to October, 1879; served as Chief Quartermaster, Deparement of the Mis- souri, 1879 to 1883; served as Chief Quar- termaster, Division of the Pacific and De- partment of California from 1883 to 1SS6: served as Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Missouri, 1886, to 1894; promotions, to Quartermaster, with the rank of Major, July 29, 1866: to Deputy Quartermaster General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colo- nel, March 3, 1875; to Assistant Quarter- master General with the rank of Colonel. July 2. 1883; brevets, Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war; Brigadier General, April 9, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services in the field during the war: retired from active service, May 16. 1895. Member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. of the Army of the Cumberland, of the Army of the Tennessee; Commander of the Society of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States since its organiza- tion. April 23, 1996; companion of the Military order of the hoval Legion of the United States and as ex-Senior Vice- Commander of the Commandery of the State of Hlinois, a member of the Com-
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mandery-in-Chief; member of Manhattan Club of New York, of Union League of Philadelphia, and Osceola Club of Pen- sacola, Fla .; also member of Association of Graduates of the United States Mili- tary Academy at West Point, N. Y. Ad- dress, 1536 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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